"Jack & Diane ""Jack & Diane"" is a 1982 hit rock song written and performed by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, then performing as ""John Cougar."" It appears on Mellencamp's album ""American Fool"". It was chosen by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as one of the Songs of the Century. The single spent four weeks at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1982, and is Mellencamp's most successful hit single. According to Mellencamp, ""Jack & Diane"" was based on the 1962 Tennessee Williams film ""Sweet Bird of Youth"". He said of recording the song: ""'Jack & Diane'"
"them. Jack and Jill (Raydio song) ""Jack and Jill"" is a 1978 hit song by R&B vocal group Raydio. It was the first single from their eponymous debut album ""Raydio"", and became an international top 10 hit. It reached number eight on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number six on the ""Cashbox"" Top 100. It reached number five in Canada, number four in Australia, and the top 20 in UK. It was the first of five U.S. top 10 singles by Ray Parker Jr. and/or Raydio. The song describes how ""Jack"" is lonely and so, in spite of his"
"Jack and Jill (Raydio song) ""Jack and Jill"" is a 1978 hit song by R&B vocal group Raydio. It was the first single from their eponymous debut album ""Raydio"", and became an international top 10 hit. It reached number eight on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number six on the ""Cashbox"" Top 100. It reached number five in Canada, number four in Australia, and the top 20 in UK. It was the first of five U.S. top 10 singles by Ray Parker Jr. and/or Raydio. The song describes how ""Jack"" is lonely and so, in spite of his good"
"song, ""Diana"". This song brought Anka instant stardom and he became the first Canadian to have a number one on the US Billboard charts in the rock and roll era. ""Diana"" is one of the best selling 45s in music history. He followed up with four songs that made it into the Top 20 in 1958, making him one of the biggest teen idols of the time. Most Canadians with successful recording careers in the 1950s had moved to the US, where the population level and media exposure would eclipse that of Canada. Ronnie Hawkins, an Arkansas born rockabilly singer,"
"like ""Say My Name"" in 2000), Kelly Rowland (4 #1 hits like Dilemma in 2002), Kelly Clarkson (3 #1 hits like ""A Moment Like This"" in 2002), rock and roll pioneer Roy Orbison (d.1988) (2 #1 hits like ""Oh, Pretty Woman"" in 1964), country singer Kenny Rogers (2 #1s like ""Islands in the Stream"" in 1983), Christopher Cross (2 #1s like ""Sailing"" in 1980), The Crickets (w/Buddy Holly (d.1959), ""That'll Be the Day"" in 1957), B.J. Thomas (""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" in 1970), Janis Joplin (d.1970) (""Me and Bobby McGee"" in 1971, she attended the University of Texas),"
"later experienced a resurgence. During the mid-1990s, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Faith Evans, TLC, Xscape, Whitney Houston and Boyz II Men brought contemporary R&B to the masses. Jackson's self-titled fifth studio album ""janet."" (1993), which came after her historic multimillion-dollar contract with Virgin Records, sold over twenty million copies worldwide. Houston, Boyz II Men and Carey recorded several ""Billboard"" Hot 100 No. 1 hits, including ""Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"", ""One Sweet Day"", a collaboration between Boyz II Men and Carey, which became the longest-running No. 1 hit in Hot 100 history. Carey, Boyz II Men and TLC released albums in 1994"
"Little Jeannie ""Little Jeannie"" (spelled ""Little Jeanie"" on the cover of certain single releases) is a song by Elton John and Gary Osborne, recorded by John and released as a single in 1980 from John's album ""21 at 33"". It reached number three on the Billboard pop chart in the United States, becoming the singer's biggest U.S. hit since 1976's ""Don't Go Breaking My Heart"" (a duet with singer Kiki Dee), and his highest-charting solo hit since 1975's ""Island Girl"". It became John's fifth #1 on the U.S. Adult contemporary chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It peaked"
"had two iconic music videos for ""Addicted to Love"" and ""Simply Irresistible"". The Bee Gees 1987 single ""You Win Again"" reached number one, making them first group to score a UK #1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Other British artists who achieved success in the pop charts in the 80s included Paul McCartney, Elton John, Culture Club, The Fixx, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Kate Bush, Billy Idol, Paul Young, Elvis Costello, Simple Minds, Billy Ocean, Tears for Fears, UB40, Madness and Sade. In 1988, Irish singer Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career with"
"one #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Strangers in the Night"" in 1966. Frankie Valli (who was portrayed in the play Jersey Boys) had 7 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including ""December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"". Kool & the Gang had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Celebration"" in 1981. Bon Jovi had 4 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Living on a Prayer"" in 1987. Whitney Houston (d. 2012) had 11 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including ""I Will Always Love You"" in 1992. P.M. Dawn had one #1 hit with"
"from 2012). The Jackson 5's first 4 singles (including ""I Want You Back"") reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, all on Motown records. Michael Jackson (the ""King of Pop"", d. 2009) had 13 #1 singles (including ""Billie Jean""), more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era. Janet Jackson has 10 #1 singles (including ""All for You"") on the Hot 100. Deniece Williams, also from Gary, had 2 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Let's Hear It for the Boy"" in 1984. Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 with ""Jump"","
"& Oates achieved mainstream success. By the end of the 1970s, most music genres, including soul, had been disco-influenced. With the introduction of influences from electro music and funk in the late 1970s and early 1980s, soul music became less raw and more slickly produced, resulting in a genre of music that was once again called ""R&B"", usually distinguished from the earlier rhythm and blues by identifying it as ""contemporary R&B"". The first contemporary R&B stars arose in the 1980s, with the dance-pop star Michael Jackson, funk-influenced singer Prince, and a wave of female vocalists like Tina Turner and Whitney"
"Jean"" (1983) and ""Black or White"" (1991) to become the longest-running number one by an Epic Records artist. It peaked atop the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for four consecutive weeks and made British chart history by becoming the first single to enter the top 40 without any contributing physical or digital sales. ""All About That Bass"" topped the national charts of 58 countries, and went on to sell 11 million units worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles. In January 2018, the song was certified diamond in the United States for sales of over 10,000,000 units. ""Lips Are"
"single of 1980, behind only ""Call Me"" by Blondie and ""Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"" by Pink Floyd. In Canada, the song spent two weeks at number one. It also reached number 4 in Australia and number 32 in the UK. The song became Newton-John's biggest Adult Contemporary hit to date, spending five weeks at the top of the American chart, and also topped the Canadian AC chart for a week. John Lennon named ""Magic"" and ""All Over the World"" as two recent songs he liked in a ""Newsweek"" interview in September 1980, shortly before his death. The"
"or five weeks. All of a sudden, for 'Jack & Diane', Mick said 'Johnny, you should put baby rattles on there.' I thought, 'What the fuck does put baby rattles on the record mean? So he put the percussion on there and then he sang the part 'let it rock, let it roll' as a choir-ish-type thing, which had never occurred to me. And that is the part everybody remembers on the song. It was Ronson's idea."" (John Mellencamp, ""Classic Rock"" magazine, January 2008, p.61) Both ""Jack & Diane"" and ""American Fool"" topped their respective US ""Billboard"" charts. Ronson was"
"the 1970s. Parton, also became the female country music artist to host her own variety show, ""Dolly!,"" which aired during the 1976-77 season. Rogers, the former lead singer of The First Edition, followed up a successful career in pop, rock and folk music by switching to country music. Like Parton, whom he would record with in the 1980s and thereafter, Rogers enjoyed a long series of successful songs that charted on both the Hot Country Singles and Billboard Hot 100 charts; the first of the lot was ""Lucille,"" a No. 1 country and No. 5 pop hit. Crystal Gayle, Ronnie"
"and funk to rhythm and blues, making it more danceable and modern. The top mainstream R&B artists of 1980s included Michael Jackson, Prince, Jermaine Jackson, James Ingram, The S.O.S. Band, Stevie Wonder, Kool & the Gang, Jeffrey Osborne, Smokey Robinson, Rick James, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Earth, Wind & Fire, New Edition, Evelyn King, Marvin Gaye, The Jets, DeBarge, Midnight Star, Club Nouveau, Stephanie Mills, Jody Watley, Rockwell, Rene and Angela, and Freddie Jackson. In the mid-1980s, many of the recordings by artists Luther Vandross, Freddie Jackson, Sade, Anita Baker, Teddy Pendergrass, Peabo Bryson and others became widely heard on"
"as a solo artist, Terence Trent D'Arby, and Fine Young Cannibals all found chart success. At the beginning of the 1980s, Australian artists like Olivia Newton-John, Men at Work, Air Supply and AC/DC all had chart success, later in the decade INXS scored hits. Olivia Newton-John's hit Physical would top the Hot 100 for 10 weeks and be the decade's biggest hit in the US, she would have six top ten singles during the 80s. American artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Kool & the Gang, The Pointer Sisters, Billy Joel, Hall & Oates, Prince, Kenny Rogers and"
"album reflect. The song ""Da Butt"" and the actual band which included Gregory Elliott, William House, Ivan Goff, Kent Wood, Valentino Jackson, Edward Henderson, Mike Taylor, Darryl Hayes, and J. Foxx, were featured in Spike Lee's film ""School Daze."""" The song was written by Marcus Miller and performed by E.U. The song reached number one on the Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart[1] for the week of April 23, 1988, and was ranked #61 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s. The music video was directed by Spike Lee. E.U. further injected DC go-go into the public consciousness"
"a neo-traditionalist whose national success began in the early 1980s, enjoyed success as both a radio artist (17 No. 1 songs) and as a movie star (1992's ""Pure Country""). Alabama, the most successful country band of the 1980s, continued their run of popularity with sell-out concerts and best-selling albums, while topping the country chart five times. Among older artists having big hits, Conway Twitty was one of the most successful, scoring two Top 3 hits with ""Crazy in Love"" and ""I Couldn't See You Leaving"", while Eddie Rabbitt had a No. 1 hit with ""On Second Thought."" Dolly Parton had"
"1970s through the release of several secular hits, including ""Let Me Down Easy"" and ""Simple Little Words."" In 1979, Lane recorded the song after it became a No. 1 hit in the United Kingdom by Lena Martell. At first, United Artists Records balked at releasing the song, despite its previous track record of success, but Lane's husband-manager, Lee Stoller, predicted the song would be successful, and UA relented. The song was released in the late winter of 1980, and by the end of the spring, the song was No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart. ""One Day at"
"Jane's Addiction Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll ""Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"" is a song and single by Ian Dury. It was originally released as a Stiff Records single with ""Razzle in My Pocket"" as the B-side, on 26 August 1977. The song was released under the name ""Ian Dury"" and three members of the Blockheads appear on the record – the song's co-writer and guitarist Chaz Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy on bass and drummer Charlie Charles. The song was written by Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel in Dury's flat in Oval Mansions, London (nicknamed ""Catshit mansions"""
"Donnie Iris Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace on February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo career beginning in the 1980s with his band, the Cruisers. He wrote the #2 ""Billboard"" hit, ""The Rapper"", with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry after the group had a #1 hit with ""Play That Funky Music."" He also achieved fame as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the #29 hit ""Ah! Leah!"" and the #37 hit ""Love Is Like"
"R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Zhané Zhané (pronounced Jah-Nay) was an American R&B/hip hop soul duo, best known for their 1993 hit ""Hey Mr. D.J."", which reached No. 6 in the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Other popular hits include ""Groove Thang"" (U.S. No. 17) and minor hit ""Sending My Love,"" both released in 1994. The group was part of Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit collective. In the early 1990s, Renée Neufville and Jean Norris initially met while both were attending Philadelphia's Temple University and used to sing together at talent shows and other events. Although not a group, they collaborated on each other’s"
"Jack & Jack Jack & Jack is an American pop-rap duo from Omaha, Nebraska, consisting of Jack Johnson and Jack Gilinsky, who are now based in Los Angeles, California. After success via the social media app Vine, the duo turned to a career as musicians. Their 2014 single ""Wild Life"" peaked at number 87 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. They also featured on Jonas Blue's 2018 hit single ""Rise"", which has so far peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart in addition to charting within the top 20 of various other European countries and Australia. Both attended"
"MKTO's 2014 song ""American Dream"" claims Jack left Diane thirty years ago. In the American ABC sitcom ""Black-ish"", the protagonist's six-year-old twins are named Jack and Diane. The fourth episode of the Netflix sitcom ""Lady Dynamite"" is called ""Jack and Diane"", as Maria Bamford assumes the fictional identity of one Diane to date a man named Jack Tripper. The episode concludes with a song named ""People Pleaser"" that parodies ""Jack & Diane"", edited in the style of the original video. The single ""No Such Thing as A Broken Heart"" by ""Old Dominion"" mentions ""Jack and Diane"" in the opening verse"
"sound than most glam metal, it produced three top 10 hits, including the number one ""Sweet Child O' Mine"". Some of the glam rock bands that formed in the mid-1980s, such as White Lion and Cinderella experienced their biggest success during this period with their respective albums ""Pride"" (1987) and ""Long Cold Winter"" (1988) both going multi-platinum and launching a series of hit singles. In the last years of the decade, the most notable successes were ""New Jersey"" (1988) by Bon Jovi, ""OU812"" (1988) by Van Halen, ""Open Up and Say... Ahh!"" (1988) by Poison"", Pump"" (1989) by Aerosmith, and"
"an evergreen, jogs along to a country guitar strum and a sprinkling of piano licks. Dick Rowe chose American Shel Talmy as record producer, who went on to produce some of The Kinks' classic rock hits. Another 1927 movie theme song, ""Diane"", penned by the same songwriters as ""Charmaine"", Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack, and arranged in the same Nashville-like manner, but produced by Michael Barclay, was released in 1964 and gave the group their biggest international hit, reaching Number one in the UK Singles Chart, as well as an American breakthrough at number ten. Four of their hit songs"
"singles, and 17 top 10 singles. By 1980, the disco production of the 1970s, largely dependent on orchestras, is replaced by a lighter synthpop production. In the second half of the 1980s teen pop has its first wave. Bands and artists include New Kids on the Block, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Tommy Page, New Edition, Stacey Q, The Bangles, Madonna and others. Prominent American Urban pop acts of the 1980s include Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Donna Summer and Diana Ross. Artists such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Hall and Oates, Billy Joel, John Mellencamp, Bon Jovi, Prince, Kool"
"in 1980, she would have two number one singles, and eight top ten hits in the decade. Tina Turner would top the charts with ""What's Love Got to Do With It"", she scored a total of six top ten singles. Donna Summer's She Works Hard for the Money was a continuation of the feminist movement started in the 70s, and a rally cry for those who worked hard and wanted to be treated fairly. She would have five top ten singles in the decade. Bruce Springsteen's ""Born In the USA"", AC/DC's ""Back in Black"", Def Leppard's ""Hysteria"", and Bon Jovi's"
"& Dunn; George Strait, whose career began in the 1980s, also continued to have widespread success in this decade and beyond. Female artists such as Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Deana Carter, LeAnn Rimes, and Mary Chapin Carpenter all released platinum selling albums in the 1990s. The Dixie Chicks became one of the most popular country bands in the 1990s and early 2000s. Their 1998 debut album ""Wide Open Spaces"" went on to become certified 12x platinum while their 1999 album ""Fly"" went on to become 10x platinum. TV shows, mostly sitcoms, were popular with the American audience. Series"
"Jakob Dylan Jakob Luke Dylan (born December 9, 1969) is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as the lead singer for the rock band the Wallflowers, with which he has released six albums since 1992. Dylan is also the primary songwriter in the Wallflowers and is credited with penning notable hits such as ""One Headlight"" and ""6th Avenue Heartache"". ""One Headlight"" is listed at number 58 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the ""100 Greatest Pop Songs"" and won two Grammy Awards. Dylan has also released two solo albums: ""Seeing Things"" in 2008 and ""Women + Country"" in"
"Got My Eyes on You"", which garnered a number 1 spot on the US R&B charts. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis had their share of contributions to new jack swing. Janet Jackson had seven top 5 singles off her 1989 Rhythm Nation album, which merged the Minneapolis sound with new jack swing. Karyn White, also produced by the Flyte Time team also had hits in the late 1980s and early '90s. Sheena Easton also had a few hits from her 1991 album ""What Comes Naturally"" produced by hitmakers Vassel Benford, Wolf and Epic, and Nick Mundy. The single ""What Comes"
"questions for ... Kay Starr. ""Goldmine"", 29, 26. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1499165 Kay Starr Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became No. 1 hits ""Wheel of Fortune"" in 1951 and ""(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"" in 1955. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, such as jazz, pop, and country; but her roots were in jazz. Billie Holiday called her ""the only white woman who"